It's Ramadan here in Oman. Ramadan is the month that the Quran was first revealed to the Prophet Mohamed. Islam follows a lunar calendar, so their year is 11 days shorter than Western calendars, so Ramadan moves a little forward every year.
There are idiots out there who say that Muslims are a "moon cult" because they worship according to a lunar calendar. If that's the case, Christians are a "sun cult" because we worship a solar calendar....
Anyway.... While I love Oman and love living here and I believe that 99.9% of the Muslim population is misunderstood: You can't have roses without thorns. So for 11 months of living in a fun and exciting place, we expat Christians have to put up with one month a year of daylight starvation. During this month, a Muslim can not eat during the daylight hours. He/she must fast. So that means that everyone around them has to fast too.... by law... So every restaurant in Oman is closed until sunset.
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At work, I'm sneaking snacks in and hiding them behind my monitor... Shhhhhhh.
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